“I’m a man who’s been married for 34 years and I have 3 children. When I visited my father, he asked me to help install an overhead light, but he’d only let me hold the flashlight.”
“A note on the box from my mom said, ’I get scared when you’re driving a real car. Drive this one instead!’ She even got the model right.”
Our parents are always worried about us and want to know where we are.
“My bed at my parents’ house, I’m 22...”
“I’m 22 now and my mom still brings me ’gifts from a rabbit and a fox.’ This is what I got this morning.”
“Mom got me this for my birthday.” -Max, 20 years old
I’m a 32-year-old child in my mom’s eyes. Before this visit, I cleaned for 2 days so she wouldn’t. Today, I woke up and looked in my loose change box."
Kenzaburo Oe, awarded the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature
“I’m 28 and still living with my parents. This is what I got for Christmas.”
“My dad and I recreated a photo of us from 1995.”
“Mom’s here! She’s washed the kettle! She criticized me for getting it dirty and she said the grease wouldn’t come off. The problem was, the kettle was orange.”
A 98-year-old mother moved into the same nursing home as her 80-year-old son so she could take care of him.
“Christmas present from my parents for 25-year-old me. I built it in under 2 days and had a blast.”
Just an 84-year-old daughter giving her 107-year-old mother some candy.
“My father adjusting my bowtie minutes before my wedding ceremony. That was 7 years ago. I now have a 4-year-old son and can’t wait to do the same for him.”
“My mom knitted a little beanie for my CAE shifter because it gets hot in the sun!”
“This year I am going to miss my yearly family Easter egg hunt and dinner, because I am away from home training to be a flight attendant. My mom sent me this care package. The eggs had cash in them!”
“We’ll always remain children for our parents. And even more so for our grandparents.”
